Article 8

In a case where on 1st April 1981 the Minister has by virtue of section 131(1) of the 1960 Act made an Order as respects a vehicle for the purposes of section 129 of the 1960 Act dispensing with any of the prescribed conditions as to fitness specified in the Order, such Order has effect as if it had been made under section 131(1) of the 1960 Act as substituted by virtue of section 43 of, and paragraph 3 in Part I of Schedule 5 to, the 1980 Act; and in a case where on 1st April 1981 an application has been made for an order under section 131(1) of the 1960 Act but the application has not been determined, it is deemed to have been made for an order under section 131(1) of the 1960 Act as so substituted.